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H. J. HAIGHT.

POULTRY COOP.

Patented July 10, 1883.

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P TENT FOFFICEO HENRY J. HAIGHT, OF NEVVYORK, N. Y.

POULTRY-coop.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,815, dated July 10,1883,

Application filed February 8, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, HENRY J. HAIGIIT, of New York, inthe county of N ewYork and State otNew York, have invented an Improved Poul- 5 try-Goopand I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying draw ings,making part of this specification Figure 1 being afront view of thecoop; Fig. 2, an end view of the same; Fig. 3, a top view of the roof;Fig. 4, a top view of the coop, the roof being removed; Fig. 5, avertical section from front to back in a plane indicated by the line as,Fig. 6; Fig. 6, avertical section from I front to back in a planeindicated by the line y y, I

Fig. 1; Fig. 7, a horizontal section of the front side in a planeindicated by the line 2 z, Fig. 1; Fig. 8, a view of a part detached.

' Like letters designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

One feature of my invention consists in a construction by which the coopis readily c0nvertible from a single-room to a double-compartment coop,and vice versa, so that chickens may occupy one compartment and hens theother, or hens or chickens, or both, may occupy the whole in one room.

Another feature consists in an improved lattice under the roof,eXpansible and contractible, and movable at will. Also, I have animproved arrangement and construction of window-sash, screen, partition,and doors in connecction with one another.

In the drawings, A designates the front side of the improved coop; B B,the two ends thereof; O, the back side, D the top or roof, and E thebottom or floor, of the coop. The front, two ends, and back are eachmade, or may be made, in a single piece for packing compactly also, theb0ttom,or floor may be in one piece, or in more, conveniently united asone, if desired. The top or roof D, Iprefer to make in several parts orboards, a a, extending from the upper to the lower edge of the roof.These boards are tongued and grooved together, as shown in Fig. 1, and Igix e a peculiar form to the edges of the several parts to preventleaking at the connections or joints between the same. There is agroove, 1), cut in the upper side of each part, at each edge, oftriangular form, as shown, or deeper as it recedes from the edge. Bythis construction the water is caused to run away from the edge, and tobe conveyed downward along the grooves there by formed, until it isdischarged at theeaves of the roof. The sides, ends, and bottomareconveniently united by means of simple hooks and eyes 0 c, disposed asshown in Fig. 6, or other suitable manner, so that, as seen, a very fewhooks and eyes serve to unite all the said parts of the coop.

The roofD is not only united to the front side, but since I desire tohave it hinged to the coop, so that thelower edge may be raised forventilation, or to gain access to the inside of the coop, as in myformer Letters Patent No. 270,307, dated January 9, 1883, Imake use ofseparable hinges d d, Fig. 1, which may be simple butt-hinges, bothhaving their pintles pointing in the same direction. Thus by;.7o simplymoving the roof endwise an inch or two the parts of the hinge areconnected'or disconnected at will, so that the roof is as readilyremovable or separable as the other parts of the coop. The ends B B havehandles ff, respectively, by which the whole coop may be moved to shortdistances without tak ing apart.

For forming two compartments in the coop I employ a partition, G, ofspecial construction and arrangement. It is hinged to the back side, 0,of the coop by hinges g which may be separable, for entirely removingthe partition from the side, if desired, and the upper part, 71., of thepartition, above the upper edge of the back side of the coop, is hingedto the main part, so that it can be let down and be folded against thesame when the partition is to beswung against the back, so that it willthen be entirely within the coop. It may be secured to the back of thecoop by a hook and eye. The upper part, 71, may, when raised above themain part, be held there by any suitable means, such as by shuttingagainsta jamb or cleat on the inside of the front of the coop. The loweredge of the partition does not reach to the floor or bottom, there beinga space of one or two inches between them, as shown in Fig. 5, forconvenience in sanding the floor especially, and to I00 enable thepartition to swing free over any accumulations onthe floor. ,Thispartition is very convenient, especially when the growing chickensrequire more room, which is sup plied by swinging the partition away.

In the front side, A, of the coop I locate two doorways and two slidingdoors, It H, with ventilators, as described in my abovementioned LettersPatent, one door being appropriated for each interior compartment; also,midway in the front side Ilocate a sash, I, for lighting, the locationbeing such that it serves for both interior compartments. This sash ishinged to the coop at its upper edge, and is fastened at its lower edgeby a button, 1', or its equivalent. It is arranged to be held partiallyswung out to open the window-space behind it by a hook and eye, j, orequivalent means. The window-space is covered by a wire-gauze screen, K,to prevent the inmates ol the coop from escaping, and to exclude insectsand other enemies.

in the upper part ot' the front side, A, just under the rool'D, whichprojects forward somewhat, I form a row of ventilating-apertues, I 1,extending preferable nearly or quite the entire length of the coop, andI place in front of these apertu res a slidin register board or strip,J, which hasholes m in, corresponding in position and distance apartwith the apertures 1 I, so that by placing the register-strip in oneposition it opens all the apertures, or by sliding it to the extent ofthe width of one of the apertures all may be closed, and they arereadily opened partially to any extent desired by the same means.Similar ventilating-apertures, a a, are made in the ends B l} of thecoop, close under the-projecting roof, for one half or more of the widthof the coop, next to the front or highest side,to be covered or uncovered by similar sliding register-strips, K. K, as shown in Figs. 2 and(i. The register-strips slide in suitable grooves or ways. By means ofthese ventilators and. the 'entilating-window below in the front sideall the foul air is quickly expelled from the coop and constantlyreplaced by fresh air.

Under the root I locate a grate or lattice to prevent escape of theinmates ol'the coop when the root is raised or removed, as set forth inmy former Letters Patent above referred to; but I. now have a peculiarand improved construction thereof to increase its utility. It has twosliding frames, L L, each having an inner head or cross-baa, o, and anouter head or cross-bar, p, the two cross-bars of each being connectedby parallel rods or wires r r. The

wires of one frame pass through holes in the inner cross-bar of theother frame, as shown in Fig. 4. By means of this construction the twoframes may be shut togetherby simply sliding one frame endwise, as shownby full lines in Fig. 4, thus covering only one compartment of the coop;or they may be extended so as to cover the other compartment, as shownby dotted lines in the same figure. Thus access may be had with eitherof the compartments without opening the other for the escape of thechickens or i'owls. The end bars of the sliding 'l'raincs move ingrooves .s' s in the frame H of the lattice. This frame is hinged to theends B B of the coop by pivots I 1, attached to the ends near the uppercorners, and made to enter holes in. the ends, or in battens or bracketsthereon. One of these pivots, as prefer to construct them, is shown inFig. 8, representing a flange thereon,- with holes for attaching to thelattice-trauma by screws. The pivots are inserted in place when the coopis made up, and they come out when the coop is taken to pieces.

The interior surlace ot' the coop should be whitewashed and the bottomsmeared with tar. The bottom I) is kept raised somewhat above the groundto avoid dampness and decay. There are cleats or saddles a 11,respectively, across or near the doorways on the floor or bottom toprevent the sand from runnin down under the coop, and also to preventits ob structing the doorways.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. A poultry-coop having a partition,G, hinged to the back side, and the upper part, 71, of the partitionhinged to the main part, substantially as and for the purpose hereinspecified.

2. The lat tice under the root, constructed with an outer frame, M,'andtwo intermeshing lrames, L L, arranged to slide in grooves of the mainor outer .l'rame, substantially as and .toizthe purpose hereinspecified.

3. The combination of the sash 1', windowspace covered by the screen K.the doors H H, and partition G, substantially 2. and for the purposeherein specified.

In testimony whereol'l have signed my name in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY .TAXSEN I'LUGII'I.

\Vitnesses:

J. (i. Lowe, J12, t. S. NEWELI).

